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...apply, reasoned Justice John Paul Stevens in last week's decision. "When a legitimate search is under way, and when its purpose and its limits have been precisely defined, nice distinctions between . . . glove compartments, upholstered seats, trunks and wrapped packages . . . must give way to the interest in the prompt and efficient completion of the task at hand...
Alternatively, giving Social Security an open-ended call on general revenues might prompt further cutbacks in other programs, such as food
...order to keep U.S. support, the British were willing to make a number of significant concessions. As Pym informed the House of Commons after returning from New York City, a "vital ingredient of the ideas on which we are working is an early cease-fire and the prompt withdrawal of Argentine forces." That wording differed from previous British demands, which had called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Argentine forces from the islands before any other discussion could begin. The British also seemed willing to soften their insistence on self-determination for the Falkland Islanders, now saying only...
Under Reagan's ceilings, the U.S. would have to make considerably less of an adjustment in its strategic forces than would the Soviet Union. That feature of the proposal will almost certainly prompt the Soviets to charge that it is unfair and one-sided. No doubt some American arms-control advocates will agree, accusing the Administration of making the Kremlin an offer it cannot possibly accept-a deceptively equal-looking, deliberately nonnegotiable proposal that is part of what some suspect is the hardliners' secret agenda of sabotaging disarmament so that the U.S. can get on with the business...
...chairman of the Astronomy Department announcing the world is flat. In a free academic community, Mr. Pattullo's right to his opinion, without fear of reprimand or censorship, is sacred. But, in the University, of which all others in English America are limitations, I would hope for some prompt, emphatic, and responsible disavowals and rejoinders from someone besides the Gay Students Association and peckerwoods like me. I would contend that our society's survival and other interests would be better served by the toleration or even encouragement of homosexuality and any other mode of recreational sex that discharges libidinal energies...